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Books make great gifts!

So, December shopping. How many of you are gifting a book this year? All of you, I hope (and I don’t mean to suggest it should be one of my books—there are so many good choices out there for every taste). Given all the craziness surrounding us these days, inside the pages of a good book is a great place to be. Whenever possible, let's support our local independent book stores. Not always possible, of course, whenever we can, let's keep these pillars of our communities in mind..

Time to ramp it up

There are a lot of demands on the time of an independently published author, which means we can only tackle so many things at a time. Goodreads is finally rising to top the my to-do list. I'll be blogging weekly, experimenting with all that Goodreads offers, and keeping my friends and followers much better informed of what I'm up to and when. I have a question for you: What would you like to see from me?

Large Print Books

All six novels in my Tony Valenti thriller series are now available in large print format in addition to ebook and trade paperback formats.

A new book!

I'm thrilled to announce that the sixth Tony Valenti thriller, The Secrets She Buried, was released today.

Tony Valenti and Penelope Brooks will need all their guile and courage to solve the puzzle of Rose Clark’s death. Did she die of COVID, or was murder committed under cover of the pandemic? If she was a victim of foul play, will they survive long enough to unmask the killer?

The Secrets She Buried is on sale for 50% off at $2.99 for a limited time, or you can read it and all the rest of the series in Kindle Unlimited.

Big things afoot!

I will be moving my books into Kindle Unlimited in early September. In other September news, the first Tony Valenti Thriller box set will be published, a paperback large print edition of each book will go on sale, and the sixth Tony Valenti Thriller, The Secrets She Buried, will become available for pre-sale with a planned release date in late October of this year. Keep up to date on this and more through my updated website

A Book Fair! Win $300!

I'm co-sponsoring a book fair that is running until July 31. The first of my Tony Valenti thrillers, A House on Liberty Street, is one of the selections. Over 120 authors are participating. Here’s the scoop!

https://www.newinbooks.com/interview-...

Be sure you enter to win the $300 Amazon gift card.

Happy reading!

Author Interview

For anyone who may be interested, New in Books published an author interview with me last week as part of their feature on my new novel Scared Silent. Here's a link to it: https://www.newinbooks.com/interview-...

A New Book!

Scared Silent, the fifth novel of the acclaimed Tony Valenti thriller series, is now available. SPR Reviews had this to say:
"A brutal and gritty novel of survival on the merciless streets of Chicago, Scared Silent is a gut-wrenching ride. Given the national spotlight being recently turned towards the desperate plight of the poor, this gripping story is not only expertly penned, but also timely and fearless." Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★★
Pick up your copy before the launch promotions end!

Blast Off!

A House on Liberty Street and the rest of the Tony Valenti thrillers are on the move. Liberty Street is finishing a week-long run as #1 or #2 in its categories on the Kobo Store, and is selling well and charting on the rest of my eBook retailers (Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google, and a number of others). The new book, A Time for Reckoning, has been well-received and is off to a good start. People are also picking up the second and third novels in the series after they read Liberty Street. Thank you!

Lowest Price Yet!

A House on Liberty Street is a BookBub International Featured Deal today. It’s also Kobo’s November 30th Daily Deal! As a result, the novel is set to a rock-bottom price of $1.99. I’ve decided to leave that pricing in place until the end of the weekend, so you can pick up the eBook for $1.99 until December 5th—making this the biggest, baddest A House on Liberty Street deal of them all!